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Existing-Home Sales Jump in January

WASHINGTON (February 22, 2017) — Existing-home sales stepped out to a fast start in 2017, surpassing a recent cyclical high and increasing in January to the fastest pace in almost a decade, according to the National Association of Realtors®. All major regions except for the Midwest saw sales gains last month.

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New home sales (December)

National economic indicators

Home ownership

3rd Quarter 2016

3rd Quarter 2015

The homeownership rate of 63.7 percent was not statistically different from the rate in the fourth quarter
2015 (63.8 percent) or the rate in the third quarter 2016 (63.5 percent).

New home sales

Jan 2017

+3.7%

Dec 2016

-10.4%

Sales of new single-family houses in January 2017 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 555,000,
according to estimates released jointly today by the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and
Urban Development. This is 3.7 percent (±18.5 percent)* above the revised December rate of 535,000 and
is 5.5 percent (±25.4 percent)* above the January 2016 estimate of 526,000.

Source: U.S. CENSUS BUREAU

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Regional market updates

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Click on the links below to view data from two different industry sources. Choose information on local prices & state sales from any of 178 metropolitan housing markets prepared by the National Association of REALTORS® or information on sales & price activity from local area markets in 25 states prepared by Clarus MarketMetrics.

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